January Foundation Project: Day 5

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I have 2 BB Creams to try during this project and I have decided that I will give them a shot on Fridays. I actually wore this one earlier this month, but my school writing has prevented me from uploading a review as often as I would like so here we are.

I tried the IpKn Moist and Firm BB cream in Light. It contains ceramides, collagen and niacinamide which I like and a pretty solid sunscreen which can't hurt especially since I would like an easy weekend product to use when I don't want to pull out sponges and brushes. I tried to find the cruelty free status of this product and wasn't able to come up with much, but due to the lack of information, I probably wouldn't purchase this.

Its unfortunate too because I feel like this looks really nice and has good coverage for a BB cream. It sat on my skin well and the color match was pretty good. The texture is nice and it feels good on my skin. It actually feels more like skincare than makeup which would be my ideal foundation situation.

Any shine that you see is from a highlighter, but it has a satin matte finish. It wore ok throughout the day, but not as well as some of the others that I have tried this week. If I find out more about the cruelty free status, I will look into this more, but at this time, I wouldn't purchase this. I imagine that someone with very light skin might be happy with the lightest version of this because this was pretty light even in the light version, but anyone with darker skin is out of luck with this one because the shade range is not even remotely good.

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